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TOKYO-Barely two weeks after it recalled 560,000 Sony mobile phones, Japanese carrier KDDI Corp. announced another recall of 52,100 cell phones because of software glitches. The phones were made by …

NEW YORK-Kyocera Corp., Motorola Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. showcased new wireless phones at the TechXNY PC Expo 2001 last week that are more than conversation pieces. PC-EPhone In …

802.11b, otherwise known as WiFi, is growing into one of the most buoyant fountains of money in the wireless industry, challenging big and small vendors to seek differentiating models in …

NEW YORK-Investors looking for successful Bluetooth market plays will have to wait till late this year, but the outlook for the technology will grow brighter during the next several years, …

The alliance between Sony Corp. of Japan and L.M. Ericsson of Sweden is giving the two companies hope they have a chance to trump Nokia Corp. as the supreme player …

Sony of Japan is holding talks with Sweden’s L.M. Ericsson on merging their handset divisions, hinting at what some analysts perceive as a possible trend in the industry. Both companies …

CANADA Cell-Loc Inc. completed and made available its Cellocate Beacon I, a wireless device that enables several location services via the company’s existing networks in Calgary, Alberta and Austin, Texas. …

HANNOVER, Germany-Toshiba Europe GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Toshiba Corp., launched its Toshiba Mobile Office solution, a wireless network Internet solution for mobile professionals and small or home …

NEW YORK-The Wireless Multimedia Forum, which recently celebrated its first birthday, is on schedule in building a framework for content that must be written just once for delivery to any …

NEW YORK – Audiovox Communications Corp., Hauppauge, N.Y., has tapped into the computer expertise of its 5 percent owner, Toshiba Corp., to develop a combination cell phone and personal digital …

Streaming content onto wireless devices seems like a perfect match of technology. Without the hard drive space required to download and save large files, streaming content to wireless devices is …

While the market for consumers who might want to watch streaming video or listen to streaming audio on their wireless devices is debatable, chip manufacturers are going ahead with plans …

WASHINGTON-A new book describes top cellular lobbyist Thomas Wheeler as obsessed with controlling public relations for industry-funded mobile phone-cancer research conducted in the 1990s and claims he attempted extraordinary measures …

While the jury is still out on whether consumers will want to watch streaming video on the small screens of their wireless devices, Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc., along with …

While the latest wireless handsets feature such technological advancements as wireless Internet access, short message service and ever-decreasing size, the power sources needed to supply those functions have been left …

LAS VEGAS-Qualcomm Inc., the Computer Systems Group of Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. and Ericsson Microelectronics demonstrated an over-the-air wireless Web surfing application of a Bluetooth-equipped laptop communicating wirelessly with …

TOKYO-The mobile music distribution business is going to take off in Japan, according to industry representatives. Some carriers have already revealed their services, while others are promoting field tests in …

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. has begun carrier trials of its first Bluetooth-capable wireless phone, the Timeport 270, and expects to begin shipping the CDMA handsets by year-end. Depending on “carrier testing …

NEW YORK-Endwave Corp., a Sunnyvale, Calif., provider of radio-frequency subsystems, went public Oct. 16 on Nasdaq with an offering of 6 million shares of stock, priced at $14, the midpoint …

With the home rapidly becoming an extension of the workplace, consumers increasingly are turning to wireless home networking equipment as a way to keep connected. According to an IDC report, …

E2open has opened its doors. The new electronics marketplace sports 10 high-powered founders, including IBM Corp., Hitachi and Nortel Networks. With this backing, e2open aspires to be nothing less than …

Bluetooth seemed like a simple idea when introduced in 1998 as a low-cost, cable-replacement technology designed to be embedded in wireless devices. Early forecasts had Bluetooth-enabled products on the market …

NEW YORK-Industry giants and unknown start-ups are heading into the home stretch of the race to make fuel cells commercially viable and available by 2002 as the next generation of …

As handset makers continue to stretch their resources in the three digital technologies and future 3G technologies, they are finding an increasing need to outsource a portion of the business. …

Qualcomm Inc.’s financial results came in line with consensus estimates last week, but the company expects falling chip sales because of slower handset sales anticipated in South Korea. Marc Cabi, …